___ _ ___ _ | _ ___| |_____ _ __ ___ _ _ | __(_)_ _ ___ | _/ _ / / -_) ' / _ ' | _|| | '_/ -_) |_| ___/_____|_|_|____/_||_| |_| |_|_| ___| ___ _ ___ __ ___ | _ ___ __| | / / | ___ __ _ / _| / __|_ _ ___ ___ _ _ | / -_) _` |/ /| |__/ -_) _` | _| | (_ | '_/ -_) -_) ' |_|______,_/_/ |_________,_|_| ___|_| ______|_||_| Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green FAQ/Walkthrough File Created: 2/05/04 By strawhat Version Final Note: For easy searching, highlight a section name and number(without the spaces at the beginning), press Ctrl + F and paste the section name in the menu. Press find and voila! Table of Contents I. Introduction {1.1} About This Game {1.2} Fire Red VS. Leaf Green II. Basics {2.1} Controls {2.2} The Field Screen {2.3} The Battle Screen a. Conditions {2.4} About Your Pokemon {2.5} Catching Pokemon a. Special Pokemon {2.6} Pokedex Information {2.7} Tips and Tricks for Beginners III. Walkthrough {3.1} Pallet Town {3.2} Viridian City a. Viridian Forest {3.3} Pewter City a. Mount Moon {3.4} Cerulean City {3.5} Vermilion City a. S.S. Anne b. Rock Tunnel {3.6} Lavender Town {3.7} Celadon City a. Rocket Base b. Pokemon Tower c. Cycling Road d. Silence Bridge {3.8} Fuchsia City a. Safari Zone {3.9} Saffron City a. Silph Co b. Seafoam Islands c. Route 21 {3.10} Side Quests a. Pewter City Revisited b. Power Plant {3.11} Cinnibar Island a. Cinnibar Mansion {3.12} Viridian City Revisited a. Victory Road {3.13} Indigo Plateau IV. Island Walkthrough {4.1} Island 1 a. Mountain {4.2} Island 2 {4.3} Island 3 {4.4} Island 4 a. Ice Cave {4.5} Island 5 a. Secret Base {4.6} Island 6 {4.7} Island 7 {4.8} Island 8 {4.9} Island 9 V. Aftermath {5.1} Unknown Dungeon {5.2} Elite 4 - Second Wave VI. Items VII. Berries VIII. TM/HM List IX. Abilities X. Moves XI. Breeding XII. Basic Battle Strategy {11.1} Hidden Values {11.2} Team Building XIII. Move Tutor Locations XIV. FAQ XV. Miscellaneous {15.1} Wireless Adaptor {15.2} The Trainer Card XVI. Finishing Comments {16.1} Contact Info {16.2} Credits UPDATES: ============================================================================== Version Final Whew! After over 100 E-mail(and still some leftover for my other FAQs ;_;) I finally updated this guide. Many small changed were made. Version 1.3(F) Added some information on the English release of this game in North America. Version 1.2(F) I changed a few things to match the American Version which should be coming out very shortly. Version 1.11(F) Edited some more stuff. The AR codes don't seem to be working anymore, so I added a small notice to them. Version 1.1(F) Edited some crap, added some stuff. Going to edit some parts of the items section soon. Version 1.03(F) Added the location of Metal Coat. I entirely forgot about my unfinished item section, so please, if you know anything I don't, E-mail me. Quick update about Geodude's location in Victory Road. Version 1.02(F) Corrected minor error with Plus. Disclaimer: ============================================================================== This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and violation of copyright. Sites this FAQ can be posted on: www.cheatcc.com www.gamershell.com pokemonfaqs.uni.cc supercheats.com ign.com http://www.pojo.com/pokemon/index.html gamerstemple.com www.gamefaqs.com thegenie.net gamerhelp.com http://pokemon706.com/ XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX {I. Introduction} XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Looking for a walkthrough? A guide with the most complete information, in- depth things, unique items no other guide has? Well, you've picked the right FAQ to read. I'm slowly working on this guide, and I'll work day and night to provide you the information you need. This guide includes a comprehensive walkthrough, section on items, basics, and much more. Read the Table of Contents for anything you're searching for. This guide does contain spoilers, so read at your own risk. You're a young trainer that wants to become a Pokemon Master, and to do that you must travel around the world of Kanto defeating Gym Leaders, and finally the Elite 4. Your rival want to beat you to it, and challenges and obstacles appear on the way of your journey. Will you catch all the Pokemon in the world and fulfill Profressor Oak's dream when he was young? +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {1.1} About This Game | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ Many people ask: What is this game? Well, this game is a remake of the original Pokemon Red and Blue for the original black and white Gameboy. It's just like the originals with a few new additions. Almost all additions from Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire are in this game. There's breeding, gender, hold items, and such. TMs/HMs stay the same as R/S. You can catch the original 150 with some extras. Well, if it's just a remake, why would you want to buy this game? It's just the same as the originals with better graphics and sound quality. No new puzzles and such. Well, first, simply because this is a Pokemon RPG. It's just as great as the others, if not better. Second, they do have one new addition unique to the other games. That is the Islands. You can access this later in the game. They have grass containing the old G/S Pokemon and some puzzles and mini-games. It's also where the game makers stuffed most of the additions since G/S, such as breeding. Third reason, the ability to trade with Pokemon Colloseum and Ruby/Sapphire. This is the way to collect all 386 Pokemon in R/S. So naturally, you can trade with R/S. BTW, there are a few remixes of GS music which is quite good and brings back some nostalgia. No original Johto though. There are also still shiny Pokemon, same EV sets as in Ruby/Sapphire. Basically, nothing competitive about the game suchs as IVs has not been changed since R/S. Some of the move animations changed, and there are new animations whenever a Pokemon uses an item outside battle. There are a few setbacks. First, there are no secret bases in this game. That also means no mixing records. The TVs just sit there and rarely have any shows on. No reporters either. No contests and a very easy "Trainer Tower". +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {1.2} Fire Red VS. Leaf Green | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ Some of the version exclusive Pokemon has changed a bit, let's take a look at that. Here's also my opinion about who's better than who. (Leaf Green) | (Fire Red) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bellsprout/Weepinbell/Victreebel < Oddish/Gloom/Vileplume/Bellossom Magby/Magmar = Elekid/Electabuzz Slowpoke/Slowbro/Slowking > Psyduck/Golduck Sandshrew/Sandslash > Ekans/Arbok Vulpix/Ninetales = Growlithe/Arcanine Pinsir > Scyther/Scizor Staryu/Starmie = Shellder/Cloyster Azurill/Marill/Azumarill = Wooper/Quagsire Misdreavus > Murkrow Sneasel < Skarmory Remoraid/Octillery = Qwilfish Mantine > Delibird Leaf Green > Fire Red Well, all in all, both have some very good Pokemon. It's really your choice what you get. The only difference is in the version exclusive Pokemon. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX {II. Basics} XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX This is the basics. You know, stuff that comes in a manual guide most sane people already know. But in case you are playing the Japanese person or is not sane, here is the section. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {2.1} Controls | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ -------------------------------------------------------- |Button | Field Screen | Menu Screen | |-------|------------------------|-----------------------| | A | Talk, Examine | Confirm | | B | Run(With running shoes)| Cancel | | Up | View a sign, move | Move up | | Down | Move down | Move Down | | Left | Move Left | Previous Screen | | | | (Pokedex) | | Right | Move Right | Next Screen(Pokedex) | | R | Help Menu | Help Menu | | L | Help Menu | Help Menu | | Select| Use selected item | Nothing | | Start | Access Menu | Nothing | -------------------------------------------------------- Note: To jump ledges, just move the control pad downwards. You can only jump down ledges, not over. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {2.2} The Field Screen | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ So, now you know the controls. Now, what do you do? Well, usually, the first thing you do going around town is to explore a bit, but not too much in case an unwanted event is activated. Pokemon Centers are in almost every town. They are the buldings with red roofs. Talk to the nurse behind the counter to heal your Pokemon for absolutely no charge! More about Pokemon centers. To the right, there's a PC. Press A to access the menu. There will then be a menu. Let's go through it step by step. ---------------- ------------------ When any of thse options | Bill's PC | Bills PC -> | Withdraw Pokemon | are selected, they will | Your PC | | Deposit Pokemon | take you to a box. Never | Profressor Oak | | Move Pokemon | press the last option, ---------------- | Release Pokemon | it's Release. ------------------ Your PC --------------- -------------------- | Item | -> | Withdraw item/mail | | Mail | -> | Deposit item/mail | | Return | -------------------- --------------- You shouldn't really worry about the mail. Professor Oak's PC will tell you how you've been doing catching Pokemon and isn't that important. Upstairs is the connecting place. The first lady after the PC lets you battle and the second is to trade. The buldings with blue roofs are Pokemarts. They sell you supplies and also buy from you. When you're there, stock up! The gyms are usually the largest buldings. They say gym on it. Duh. Beat the gym leader to progress through the story. The badges they give have special qualities. Talk to everyone in a city, usually you can get some items or advice. To exit a house, there should be a rectangular red mat. Press down there. To find hidden items, press A on the ground. If there's a hidden item there, you get it! If not, nothing happens. This is usually the case. Normal items also appear on the floor in the shape of a Pokeball. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {2.3} The Battle Screen | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ Pokemon must battle to become stronger and you need to know how in order to progress through the game. The first Pokemon in your party is sent out automatically when any kind of battle starts. Here's the menu: ---------------- | Fight Item | | Pokemon Run | ---------------- When Fight is selected, your Pokemons moves will be displayed. It can only learn 4, after that you must choose whether you would like to keep one and get rid of another or just not learn the move. Choose an attack and the battle sequence begins. Whoever has higher Speed attacks first. Some moves do damage and others do not. Each attack has a type so use them to your advantage. They also have a certain amount of PP, the number next to the attack. That shows how many times you can use the attack. When it reaches 0, you can no longer use it. Generally, stronger moves have less PP. As your PP gets less, the color will change from yellow to orange to red. When Pokemon is selected, you go to a screen of Pokemon. You can select switch in which you switch in a Pokemon and waste a turn, or just check a Pokemon's stats. You always go first when switching unless Pursuit is used. When Item is selected, you can use an item in battle if it can be used, but you can't attack afterwards. You always go first unless Pursuit is used. Run is escape from battle. You don't lose anything. Once in a while, you will fight a double battle. What this is is a two Pokemon on two Pokemon battle. The rules are basically the same. The fastest of the 4 Pokemon attack first. The only difference between this and a normal battle are the effects of some moves, like Earthquake dealing damage to ALL Pokemon and Surf dealing damage to both opponents. You can also attack your partner, although that's a very stupid idea in most cases. Stat definitions: HP: Stands for hit points. When you have 0, your Pokemon faints. Attack: Decides how strong your physical attacks are along with a move's base power. Only decides for Normal, Bug, Rock, Steel, Fighting, Poison, Ghost, flying, and Ground types. Defense: Decides how much damage you take from physical attacks. Special Attack: Decides how strong your special attacks are along with a move's base power. Only decides for Water, Grass, Electric, Psychic, Ice, Fire, Dragon, and Dark types. Special Defense: Decides how much damage you take from special attacks. Speed: The Pokemon with higher speed goes first. On wild Pokemon battles, if your Pokemon is fast it also has a higher chance of running away when selected. There are two kinds of battles: Trainer and Wild. To start a wild Pokemon battle, just go to a place wild Pokemon may live. They are usually found in grasses but they also live in caves, oceans, abandones buldings, and more. They are random battles consisting of one Pokemon. The only reward you get from winning is experience. Only certain Pokemon are in certain areas. Trainers usually hang out at just about anywhere except cities and towns. To start a battle with them, let them make eye contact with you. Trainer battles are a bit different from wild Pokemon battles. First, you cannot run so make sure you have Pokemon in good shape. Second, they will have more than one Pokemon usually, including Pokemon you cannot find in the wild or that area. They are smarter and are a higher level than those wild Pokemon. Third, you will get both experience and money as a reward. All those Pokemon types do effect the battle. Some types of attacks are strong against others. If the Pokemon is dual type, things aren't much different. If one type is strong against another, it does 2x the damage. If both types are weak to the attack, it does a whopping 4x the damage. If the type is resistant to the attack, it does 1/2 the damage. If the type is immune to the attack, it does no damage. If one type is weak to the attack but the other attack is resistant to it, the damage will be normal. Sometimes critical hits and added effects happen on moves. There are several tactics of battling which will be explained later. ============================================================================== (a. Conditions) ============================================================================== When battling sometimes Pokemon have attacks that may change your normal condition. These will haggle your battling abilities are very annoying. There are two kinds of conditions, direct and indirect. You can only have one direct condition at a time and it will say so above your HP. They stay after the battle and when switched and can only be cured when you go to a Pokemon Center or use a special item. These conditions are: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Condition | Effect | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Poison | Takes about 1/16th of your HP per turn. Take 1 HP per 4 | | | steps damage outside of battle. | | Sleep | User usually can't attack. Wakes up after 2-5 turns. | | Frozen | Same as above, except a fire attack will automatically | | | thaw frozen Pokemon whether used by foe or frozen Poke. | | Paralyzed | Paralyzed Pokemon's Speed halves. 30% chance of not | | | attacking. | | Burn | Takes about 1/8 HP damage. Attack is halved. | | Faint | User can't stay in battle. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is also a special poison condition when Toxic or Poison Fang is used. This starts off taking only 1/16th of your max HP, but doubles every turn until switched. Unlike the original RBY, this status will stay. Indirect status conditions are not mentioned directly. There are many of these are incurable by item and are nulled by switching or ending the battle. Here's a list of SOME indirect conditions: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Condition | Effect | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Leech Seed | Absorbs 1/8 max HP per turn. Awesome move. | | Confusion | 1/2 of a chance of attacking itself. Damage to itself | | | depends on Attack and Defense. | | Attract | 1/2 chance of not attacking. Can only be used on | | | opposite gender. Nulled if either Pokemon is switched. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {2.4} About Your Pokemon | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ Each Pokemon in the game are unique. They have one to two types and a special ability. They also have personalities which affect their stats. They also grow at different rates, some taking more experience to reach their max level(100) and some taking less. List of Personalities Adamant: +Att -Sp Att Impish: +Def -Sp Att Jolly: +Spd -Sp Att Careful: +Sp Def -Sp Att Bold: +Def -Att Timid: +Spd -Att Modest: +Sp Att -Att Calm: +Sp Def -Att Hardy: EQUAL Docile: EQUAL Serious: EQUAL Bashful: EQUAL Quirky: EQUAL Lonely: +Att -Def Hasty: +Spd -Def Mild: +Sp Att -Def Gentle: +Sp Def -Def Brave: +Att -Spd Relaxed: +Def -Spd Quiet: +Sp Att -Spd Sassy: +Sp Def -Spd Naughty: +Att -Sp Def Lax: +Def -Sp Def Naive: +Spd -Sp Def Rash: +Sp Att -Sp Def Each plus is by 10% and the other decreased by 10%. Pokemon become stronger by battling, whether wilds or trainers. As Pokemon become stronger, they also learn better moves. You can keep up to 4 moves. When you're trying to learn a new move, they will first ask if you want to keep that attack, then you go to a screen where you choose the attack you want to delete. If you select no or the new move, then the game will ask if you are sure you don't want to learn the new move. Say yes or no. At a certain level, most Pokemon evolve into stronger creatures, or evolve. They will have higher stats, but sometimes they will not learn attacks they could only learn in their previous stage and they learn new attacks more slowly Some Pokemon even evolve twice! If you wish to stop evolution, press B when the Pokemon is evolving. Some Pokemon require a certain condition in order to evolve although most evolve with Level. There is: Level: Evolves at a certain level. Stone: You need to use a certain evolution stone. (Ex: Jigglypuff with Moon Stone.) Trade: Trade it with a friend, and get that sucker back. Happiness: Make the Pokemon happy by giving it vitamins, battling with it, and never letting it faint. Probably the hardest to do. Beauty: Only one Pokemon evolves this way and it can only be done in Ruby/Sapphire. Increase its Beauty stat to the max and raise it a level. About techniques. Pokemon learn moves by leveling up, but there are also other ways of learning. One way is to breed. When two Pokemon are in the same breeding group(see breeding section) and the father has a move that the baby can learn only by breeding, it will get it! The baby will always be the species of the mother. For more information on this, check the breeding section. TMs are another way. After you defeat Brock, you get the TM Case. It holds TMs. If the Pokemon can learn it, it will. You can only use a TM once. HMs however can be used as many times as you want although most of them are useless competitively. Sometimes a move(namely HMs) can be used outside of battle. These can be useful in most cases and can be used even if the Pokemon has fainted or ran out of PP for that move. Pokemon cries also vary depending on your health, a new feature since Ruby/ Sapphire. The cry changes when you reach the yellow zone in HP, again in red, and finally once more when it faints. Pokemon also have different growth rates. Some Pokemon get to level 100 with only 600,000 experience, but some can take more than 1.5 million. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {2.5} Catching Pokemon | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ Catching Pokemon is essential. You need to have a wide variety of Pokemon on your Pokemon team and getting all 386 is part of the fun! Here's how to do it. First, get into a wild Pokemon battle. Weaken the Pokemon down to red to low yellow health. Now go to the item screen, press right a few times until you are in the pocket to the very right, and use one of your Pokeballs. Each Pokemon's catch rate can differ. Generally, the higher level the Pokemon and the rarer it is, the harder to catch. Legendaries are by far the hardest Pokemon to catch. Each Pokeball also has a catch rate which can effect the chances of the Pokemon staying in the Pokeball. The basic ones are Pokeball, Great Ball, Ultra Ball, and Master Ball, but there are several others in which you can get. The Pokemon's status can also effect the difficulty of capturing it. Try to get it to fall asleep or even better, frozen. Any other status will work fine but with these two, the Pokemon doesn't have a chance of KOing itself and can not attack. Remember that some Pokemon may be holding items that will help them. ============================================================================== (a. Special Pokemon) ============================================================================== Some Pokemon in the wild are special. One kind of special Pokemon is a shiny Pokemon. These are very, very rare and have a different color than normal Pokemon. They also have a special animation when they are sent in to battle. They are ordinary in every other way however. Some Pokemon also hold a special condition called Pokerus. This is rarer than a shiny Pokemon and very helpful. This doubles the EVs that you get from Pokemon. It can be spread to all Pokemon in your party and disappears after a few days. If you can store it in your PC, it will stay. What sucks is that you can't tell if a wild Pokemon has this condition, but there's a chance your Pokemon can catch it. If you have questions about EVs, take a look at the hidden stat section. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {2.6} Pokedex Information | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ The Pokedex in this game has greatly evolved. This time, you can view the Pokemon by their size, weight, height, type, Pokeball, and so on and it's much easier to use if you want to search for Pokemon you have to use in your team. Here's a list of the categories in game order: Field Forest Lake Ocean Cave Mountian Prairie Town Special +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {2.7} Tips and Tricks for Beginners | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ There are some essential things that you should do that are vital in the game. These tips are sure to help beginning players. 1. Save often. This is a must in every game. Do especially after tough battles and before a legendary or Gym Leader. 2. When you reach a town, the first thing you should do is go to a Pokemon Center and heal your party unless a guide says not to. 3. Have at least 10 balls with you. You never know if a shiny or rare Pokemon comes up. 4. Don't use your Master Ball unless you are facing a legendary that can run or a shiny Pokemon which can selfdestruct. 5. Have a wide variety of moves so that you can have an attack that is super effective to all types. 6. Have HM Slaves. Stick worthless HMs on Pokemon you won't use so that your "good" team won't have useless attacks. 7. Each type of trainer(going by sprite) usually hold specific types of Pokemon. Ex: Hikers usually hold Rock types and Machop/Zubat and have a fat sprite. 8. Search around in each area of grass for new Pokemon. 9. Sometimes you will find dark spots on the ground. These are usually hidden items! Press A on the spot to find an item! Usually they are berries that you can only get in Ruby/Sapphire. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX {III. Walkthrough} XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX OK, so here's the bulk of the guide, where most players will want to view. Here's my format: ROUTE NAME/TOWN NAME _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon Name | 33%/45% | Easy | |Pokemon Name | 33%/20% | Normal | |Pokemon Name | 33%/35% | Hard | --------------------------------------------------------- Route Name/Town Name - The area the chart covers(and the walkthrough!). Wild Pokemon - The name of the Pokemon that appears there. Appearance Rate - This is the approximate amount that Pokemon will appear in the specified area. The first number is the appearance rate in Fire Red, the second for Leaf Green. If they are both the same, they will appear as the same number. Catch Difficulty - How hard it is to catch the Pokemon. Please note that these are not 100% accurate other than what Pokemon appear there, they're based on what I have seen in the game, not official sources. I also do fishing and Surfing. It's safe to say that Old Rod only hooks Magikarp and the places I don't mention for Surfing and there's water means that there's only Tentacool. PLACES OF INTEREST: 1. Blah 2. Blah Just a quick reference for those who don't really want to get spoiled about the area or don't want commentary. Now, that should be about all you need to know. Let's get on with the walkthrough! +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {3.1} Pallet Town | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ Begin your game. Watch the cool new opening video and then start a new game. Scroll through the help menus and listen to Professor Oak, the man who appears on your screen, talk and talk and talk until he is finally finished. There, you'll name your character. After choosing a name, he will ask if you are sure that's your name like you have a mental problem. Choose the top option(Yes) and be on your way. Next, you have to name your rival who you have known for a long time, but remained nameless until now. Name him too and say that you're sure once again(top option). I named my rival Cloud because he looks so much like the Cloud from FFVII. OK, let's begin our adventure now. After you minimize and appear in your room, go to the top left and press A on the PC. Choose the top option, Withdraw, and press A again on the item (Potion). Close the menu and walk downstairs. Talk to you mom and leave your house through the rectangular mat. Outside, talk to as many people as you please. Visit houses and get used to controls. Now, since there's nothing to do, exit the town by walking to the top above. Wait, as you exit, Professor Oak stops you! He says some stuff about Pokemon, and then asks you to follow him. Do so and he will lead you towards his laboratory. Chat with him for a while and rival will ask what took him so long. Chat some more and he will ask you to choose a Pokemon on the table to the right. Now, this is the first decision that will make a huge difference in the game. Will you choose Bulbasaur the Grass type, Charmander the Fire type, or Squirtle, the Water type? STARTER SYNOPSIS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Well, Bulbasaur is a dual type of Grass and Poison and is an awesome choice for beginners since it absolutely pwns the first few gyms. He is not to bad in a final team either. You get to teach him Frenzy Plant later. Bulbasaur can take many Special hits and easily can last its weaknesses. Awesome annoyer in competitive battles. --- Squirtle is a pure Water type. It can take many hits of both physical and special attacks. Its attacking stats aren't too bad, and speed is a little on the slow side. You can teach it Hydro Cannon later. It can be a very good utility Pokemon later in the game. If you like to be safe rather than sorry, here's your Pokemon. --- Charmander is a Fire type, perhaps one of the best in the game. It has low defenses, but high offenses and speed which is extremely handy for sweeping. It is the best starter out of all 3(actually, one of the best Fire types in the entire game). No, this is not an opinion, this is a fact. It can learn very powerful moves by breeding and is seen VERY often on the bots. It evolves into a dual type, Fire/Flying. If pure power is what you're looking for, then choose Charmander. However, it is a bit more difficult to progress through the game with him. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In case you are wondering, I chose Bulbasaur because that's who I chose in the original Red version. You however, can choose whomever you like. Rival will also choose one, always one strong against your type. Once your tough decision is over(OK, maybe as tough as choosing pizza toppings), start to exit the lab. Wait! (Rival song remix starts) rival challenges you! Time to start your first battle! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RIVAL BATTLE 1 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< OPPONENT'S POKEMON: Bulbasaur Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Bulbasaur | 5 | ---------------------- Charmander Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Charmander | 5 | ---------------------- Squirtle Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Squirtle | 5 | ---------------------- He should be easy enough. Professor Oak will be coaching you and teaching you the controls throughout the battle and whatever you do. Remember that Potion that you got from your room? Now is the time to use it, if you are in need. If you lose, you don't get a Game Over or lose half your money since it's only practice, so don't worry if you forgot the Potion. It's better to win though to get some money for later on. You should have gotten plenty of money from that battle, some which you will have to spend later. Anyway, rival leaves whether you beat him or not and your game will continue. Head out of the lab and up and out of Pallet Town. PALLET TOWN FISHING, GOOD ROD(for those who returned with a rod) _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Krabby | 60% | Easy | |Horsea | 30% | Easy | |Magikarp | 10% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- PALLET TOWN FISHING, SUPER ROD _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Krabby | 30% | Easy | |Kingler | 5% | Hard | |Gyarados | 35% | Normal | |Staryu | 0%/25% | Easy | |Shellder | 25%/0% | Easy | |Slowpoke | 0%/5% | Easy | |Psyduck | 5%/0% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- ROUTE 1 _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Pidgey | 50% | Easy | |Rattata | 50% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- You are not able to catch Pokemon yet, so just battle to get experience. Run if you're running low on health. As you walk up the route, you should see a man. Talk to him to get a free Potion. Afterwards, you will get to the beautiful Viridian City. Feel free to explore your new surroundings, but don't go outside the town. Heal in the Pokemon Center and when you're done exploring, hit the Pokemon Mart, or did you already do that? Well, either way, you get a package for Oak. So, time to back to Pallet Town. You have the option of jumping over the ledges this time around, but I don't recommend it since you still need some experience. Now, go to Professor Oak at Pallet Town. At his laboratory, you will see *GASP*! Rival! But don't worry, no battle this time, he just came because Oak told him he wanted to say something to both of you. Skip his blabbering and get your prize - the Pokedex. Get it and scram. You also get a 5 Pokeball bonus, sweet. Now, go all the way back to Viridian, but instead of training, do some catching. It is highly recommended that you start training your new Pokemon immediately, either Pidgey or Rattata or both. Chances are you're going to keep it through the entire game. Now, you start a new chapter in your journey. You will finally be able to catch Pokemon and become a Pokemon Master. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {3.2} Viridian City | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ You are back at Viridian City. You should know your surroundings by now, there is a Pokemon Center near the entrance, and Pokemart northeast of it and two exits North and West. First, go North. A man will talk to you and show you how to catch a Pokemon, but we all know he's old and wrong since he forgot to weaken it. You recieve a help device you will probably never need afterwards. Anyway,now you can explore the top part of the Viridian. Don't exit yet, just take a look at the top. You should see a closed gym and a school teaching you about status conditions. The gym will reopen later, so let's give it some time and train a bit. Go back to the heart of the town and this time, take the West exit after buying about 5-10 Pokeballs if you can afford it. Go to the patch of grass and train your second Pokemon a bit if you plan on keeping it. Don't leave the patchy grass except to heal. VIRIDIAN CITY FISHING, GOOD ROD(for those who returned with a rod) _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Poliwag | 80% | Easy | |Magikarp | 10% | Easy | |Goldeen | 10% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- VIRIDIAN CITY FISHING, SUPER ROD _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Gyarados | 5% | Normal-Hard | |Poliwag | 35% | Easy | |Poliwhirl | 60% | Normal | --------------------------------------------------------- VIRIDIAN CITY, SURF _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Psyduck | 100%/0% | Easy | |Slowpoke | 0%/100% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- ROUTE 22 _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Mankey | 60% | Easy | |Rattata | 35% | Easy | |Spearow | 5% | Easy-Normal | --------------------------------------------------------- I recommend catching a Mankey in this area. They are common, good experience, and have strong attack and speed. Spearows are rare here, they're not worth spending a lot of time for since they appear much more commonly and are easier to catch later on. The Nidoran that used to appear here have moved on, and so should you. Take your Pokemon and get out of there. DO NOT explore this area past the grasses. After catching Pokemon, heal, buy more Pokeballs if needed, and proceed into Viridian Forest. Don't progress through here yet, we're not done with Viridian City. Don't fight any trainers, the first two aren't one. Here, you'll also find many new Pokemon. ROUTE 2 _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Caterpie | 5% | Easy | |Rattata | 45% | Easy | |Weedle | 5% | Easy | |Pidgey | 45% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- VIRDIAN FOREST _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Weedle | 27%/10% | Easy | |Caterpie | 10%/27% | Easy | |Kakuna | 10%/4% | Normal | |Metapod | 4%/10% | Normal | |Pikachu | 5% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- Ignore Route 2, just move on to Viridian Forest. Pokemon here range from Level 2-4, but are not that strong. Leaf Green has it on the easy side since Caterpie are more common and can't poison you. Bring an Antidote or two if you play Fire Red. In this area, catch the caterpillars and Pikachu if you're lucky enough to find one. If you have Charmander or Squirtle, catching Pikachu is a must. Kakuna and Metapod are perfect training posts for weak Pokemon. They usually come in Level 5 and can't attack. Since they are an evolved form, you rack up some serious exp. Train your new Weedle/Caterpie here too, but not both. By now, you should be forming a temporary 6 Pokemon team. My team: Mankey LV7 Rattata LV7 Weedle LV6 Pidgey LV6 Bulbasaur LV8 My team's not exactly the highest of Levels, train yours to be a bit higher, but don't overdo it. After you finished your training, head back to Viridian City. Heal, and head West once again. The Pokemon here should be really weak compared to you, head up and West and you'll see the reason I told you not to go here. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RIVAL BATTLE 2 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< OPPONENT'S POKEMON: Bulbasaur Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Pidgey | 9 | |Bulbasaur | 9 | ---------------------- Charmander Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Pidgey | 9 | |Charmander | 9 | ---------------------- Squirtle Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Pidgey | 9 | |Squirtle | 9 | ---------------------- This time, rival's a bit harder. You'll have a tough time with Pidgey's Sand Attack at if you're at a low level and can't do much damage. Pidgey has some decent defense. It doesn't have a flying type move yet, so all it can do it Tackle. Nail it with Pikachu fast or use your starter. Your starter should have its third attack by now, so use it. You will probably level up once. After Pidgey faints, rival will send out his starter which actually isn't as hard. Bulbasaur's Leech Seed works well here, as does Pikachu's Thundershock. It's actually a bit easier than Pidgey. Use a Potion if needed and fry him well. After that, sore loser rival will walk away and now you can explore the Pokemon League HQ a bit. You won't be able to proceed far, so when you're done exploring, head back to Viridian City. Heal, restock, and now head into the Viridian Forest. ============================================================================== (a. Viridian Forest) ============================================================================== Now, it's time to progress through Viridian Forest. Train your weak Pokemon on the wilds here, especially the caterpillars to start evolution. Now, first, head left and then up and follow the path to get a Potion. Now, go back to the entrance and take the right path. Keep going North, fight the Trainer who holds a Level 6 Caterpie and Weedle. After defeating that trainer, take either path. In the middle of the end of both paths, there will be another Bug Catcher. This one will hold 2 Weedles and a Kakuna. Defeat and continue. Smack in the middle of your path should be an Antidote. There should be another fork here. They both lead to the same place. Go right, and now there should be a rotating trainer. You shouldn't be beaten down by now, so put a strong Pokemon first and battle. This guy sucks too with 2 Caterpies. Continue down the winding path. At one spot, there will be a trainer with his back turned to you. Talk to him to start a battle. He will hold two level 7 Metapods and a Level 7 Caterpie. Beat him and continue down. At the end of the path, make a quick right to find a Potion. Now head back on track. This next Bug Catcher only has a Level 9 Weedle. Oh nos. Wrap em up and go to the end of the path to exit the forest. ROUTE 2 Well, you should be a bit tired by now, right? Well, go on to Pewter City. Ignore the things to the right for now as there's no way to get there yet. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {3.3} Pewter City | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ Isn't it great to be back in the open city? Well, explore here a bit. You'll see a museum(with a lot of junk in it), a house with a Nidoran Male(We should get one), a Gym(Don't go in yet), and the regular Pokemon Center and Pokemart. Oh yes, we should restock, shouldn't we? Let's see what's on sale... --------------------- |SHOP MENU |Price | |--------------|------| |Poke Ball | 200 | |Potion | 300 | |Antidote | 100 | |Paralyz Heal | 200 | |Burn Heal | 250 | |Awakening | 250 | |Escape Rope | 550 | |Repel | 350 | --------------------- You probably don't have much money since those Bug Catchers are broke little whiny kids, so stock up on as much as you can and leave. You'll get your money soon enough. In the Pokemon Center, next to the PC there's a reporter. Do whatever you want with her, she just changes your profile when you do link-up battles. Next to the Pokemart will be a man. Say no to his question and he will lead you to the museum. Say Yes and he will do nothing. Try to proceed and a dude will stop you and bring you to the gym. Note: 1. If you're wondering about the woman who asks you a question in the patch of grass, she's just asking you if you know what she's doing. Doesn't matter what you choose. 2. Going to the museum is optional. 3. Talk to the Jigglypuff in the Pokemon Center! Lovely song. 4. You are now able to trade. 5. There's a hidden Pokeball two spaces left and one space down in the light patch of grass to the left of the museum. 6. This guide is mine, Strawhat's. Yes, I pwn. Er...just a random statement. Well, what about that patch of grass we passed while coming to Pewter? There's nothing new there, just the same old Pokemon that you found at the beginning of Route 2. If you want to train, go back to the forest. It's perfect for Pidgey, Spearow and Charmander. When you're done training, head to the gym. It's time to win out first badge. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PEWTER GYM - BROCK <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< When you head in the gym, there should be a man. Talk to him for advice. No matter which option you pick, he'll still give you advice. Now, you can skip the trainer, but why waste good experience and money? The kid still talks about the light years from Red and Blue. He holds a Level 10 Geodude and a Level 11 Sandshrew and is a good taste of how Brock will battle. If you're having trouble with this guy, go back and train, especially if you have Charmander. Bulbasaur and Squirtle should do fairly well though. This is the easiest gym, so no puzzles this time. Now it's time. Time to battle Brock. Bring it on small eyed brutha! My party: --------------------- | Pokemon | Level | |-------------|-------| | Bulbasaur | LV 12 | | Mankey | LV 8 | | Rattata | LV 8 | | Pidgey | LV 12 | | Beedrill | LV 10 | --------------------- You'd be surprised at how fast Pidgey grows. BOSS: BROCK --------------------- | Pokemon | Level | |-------------|-------| | Geodude | LV 12 | | Onix | LV 14 | --------------------- Brock is incredibly hard without a super effective attack. Grass and Water do a LOT of damage, so attack it with Bulbasaur's Vine Whip and Squirtle's Bubble which you should have by now if you were doing your training. If you have Charmander, this can be a tough battle. Neither of Brock's Pokemon have that great attacks, but they have tremendous defense! A Special Attack should do decent damage on him, and the only way to do that now is to get a Butterfree by evolving Metapod at Level 10. Use Potions if needed. If you're still having a lot of trouble, you should really level up to at least Level 10. Onix is also pretty fast. I gained two levels from this. When you win, you'll get a TM Case in your Key Items, a Boulderbadge and a TM containing Rock Tomb. After listening to the cool gym leader music, head out. Heal and prepare to ascend Mount Moon. Make sure you're equipped with items(especially Pokeballs!) as there won't be a shop for a while. ============================================================================== (a. Mount Moon) ============================================================================== The first thing you'll see is that the person who lead you to the gym was replaced with one of Oak's assistants. You will get the Running Shoes! Now you can run fast by holding B while walking. So, proceed. On Route 3, the first trainer you'll see is a Lass with two Level 9 Pidgeys. She's harder than most of the trainers you've fought so far, so train up your weak Pokemon. Actually, train them on all the trainers here. Here's a map: 5 3 4 2 7 ---- --------|||----------||| ||| ||| 1 ||| 6 ||| ------ ------|||----------||| 1. Lass, 2 Level 9 Pidgeys. 2. Bug Catcher, 2 Level 10 Caterpies and a Level 10 Weedle. 3. Youngster holding a Level 11 Rattata and Ekans. 4. Bug Catcher, Level 9 Weedle, Kakuna, Caterpie, and Metapod. 5. Lass, Level 10 Nidoran Female and Rattata. 6. Youngster, Level 14 Spearow. 7. Bug Catcher, Level 11 Caterpie and Metapod. OK, so after you defeat the trainers I recommend you go back to heal a bit. The next can be tough without fast Pokemon. She looks like an innocent bypasser walking around, but when talked to she'll battle. She carries a Level 14 Jigglypuff who can put you to sleep, so attack quick or use Awakenings. After Jigglypuff, ignore the grass and run along the path until you get to the Pokemon Center. To the very left is a man who sells you a Magikarp for 500, but it's difficult to train right now and you can find them later on. After healing, it's time to go catching. ROUTE 3 _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Jigglypuff | 9% | Easy-Normal | |Pidgey | 30% | Easy | |Spearow | 50% | Easy | |Nidoran F | 1%/5% | Easy | |Nidoran M | 5%/1% | Easy | |Mankey | 5% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- There's some new Pokemon here. For those of you who didn't catch Spearow before, now's your chance. Another Pokemon of interest are the Nidoran and Jigglypuff. Be sure to at least land a Nidoran Female for breeding, but if you're playing Fire Red and can't stand to search so long, grab a male one since IMO, that one's better anyway. Jigglypuff aren't that great but you need it for your Pokedex. This is the only place to find it so grab it before moving along. This is a horrible place to train Grass and Bug Pogleys so move your butt out of there if you plan to train Bulbasaur(Ivysaur?) and your bugs. MOUNT MOON _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Geodude | 15% | Easy | |Zubat | 80% | Easy | |Clefairy | 1% | Easy-Medium | |Paras | 4% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- Now here's a good training ground. Remember Geodude? You'll want it, trust me. Zubat are only good if they can evolve into Crobat so I don't recommend getting one yet. Clefairy and Paras are rare and unique to this area, so get one! Train your Pokemon here as it's an excellent training ground if the Pokemon can take down Geodudes. Paras seem to appear more often now than in the original RBY, so don't get sos psyched when you see one. The first thing when you get to Mount Moon(besides catching Pokemon) is to avoid the trainers and head left to the opposite side of the large rock. Collect TM09 containing Bullet Seed and move. From there, move up and to the left of the trainer and water is a Paralyze Heal. OK, now let's fight the trainer there. He will have a Level 11 Weedle and Kakuna. From him, move back on track to the right. There will be another trainer there. If you need to know what a Clefairy looks like, here it is. The Lass will hold a Level 14 Clefairy. It can be a bit difficult with attacks like Doubleslap and Encore, but you should be able to handle. This is your last chance to heal so do so if you took some damage. Now, after that from the Lass, keep following the path. There is a ladder take it down. MOUNT MOON - Basement 1 _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Paras | 100% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- This is just about all you'll find in little paths like these so I won't include this later on. When you resurface, fight the Rocket who holds a Level 11 Sandshrew, Zubat, and Rattata. Collect the Star Piece and retrace your steps back. When you get back, go south and to the left path. The trainer is difficult here so avoid him if you can't take down Magnemite(Steel/Electric) and Voltorb (Electric) both Level 11. Take the Potion West of him and head East. Defeat the Bug Catcher right above the item's two Level 10 Caterpies and Metapod. Get the Rare Candy and move on. As you keep going on the right path, you should find another Escape Rope. When you get to the end of the path, you should be in an area near the top of the ladder you went to before. There's a man rotating in a pile of rocks. Talk to him if you want, he's not a trainer. Keep going directly West from there to find a Lass moving around. Fight her Level 11 Bellsprout and Oddish. Keep going along the path. You should find a ladder. Collect TM46 containing Thief and fight the Rocket's Level 11 Zubat and Ekans. Before leaving, make sure you pick the hidden item in the rock which is Ether. When you get back to the ground floor, there should be a trainer. Fight the Youngster's 2 Rattatas and Zubat all Level 10. Pick up a Moon Stone(don't use it now) and fight the Hiker's 2 Level 10 Geodudes and Level 10 Onix. Hopefully you haven't dumped Butterfree yet or have your starter with you. Take the ladder and go along the path. Before you go on when you resurface, head up to find a Revive which should come in handy if your weakening at this point(I hope you aren't...). Now head back and right. Fight the Rocket's Level 13 Rattata and Sandshrew and move on. Keep going to fight another Rocket with a Level 13 Rattata(has Hyper Fang, watch out!) and Zubat. They're both tougher than wild ones with new attacks, so be prepared. Go to the little trench in the right to find a hidden Moon Stone in the Rock. Now, go up and fight the Super Nerd. He is a bit tough holding a Level 12 Grimer(hope you have Butterfree...), Voltorb, and Koffing. After defeating the Super Nerd, you will be given a choice of two fossils. The first one on the left is a Dome Fossil. This will will become a Kabutops which is rather cool and has good attack, and the second one it the Helix Fossil which later becomes Omastar, a Pokemon specializing in Special Attack and Defense. Omastar is much more useful in link battles, so I recommend that although Kabutops does look cooler. I chose the Helix Fossil. Wonder when you'll exit? Don't worry, you're almost there. Keep going and collect an Antidote and head up the ladder. There's going to be no more trainers from this point on so celebrate if you're weak! When you exit, first get used to the light and greenery. Are you OK now? Good, head East and you will find two Move Tutors. The one on the right will teach Mega Kick and the one on the left Mega Punch. These moves will both suck later on if you plan to battle with friends, but at the moment they are pretty good. They will teach only one of your Pokemon those attacks so choose wisely if at all. You won't be able to go back for a while so if you want you can go back through Mount Moon, but who would do that? Pick up TM05(Roar) and head on to the next town in which you can stock up. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {3.4} Cerulean City | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ --------------------- |SHOP MENU |Price | |--------------|------| |Poke Ball | 200 | |Super Potion | 700 | |Potion | 300 | |Antidote | 100 | |Paralyz Heal | 200 | |Burn Heal | 250 | |Awakening | 250 | |Escape Rope | 550 | |Repel | 350 | --------------------- POINTS OF INTEREST: 1. The Bike Shop. You can't get one yet:( 2. The Super Potions. Buy them if you have strong Pokemon. 3. The hidden Rare Candy in the backyard of the house on the upper left corner who tells you about the badges. It's located near the right side. 4. The Police Officer blocking the house. Don't worry about that yet. 5. The house next to the Pokemon Center. The man wants a Poliwhirl. You probably don't have one now so go back to him later. 6. The Pokemon blocking the little tree. We'll get there later too. 7. The House next to the Poliwhirl man. He gives you a bottle to hold crushed berries. After healing and stocking up, you probably want to check out that patch of grass West of here right? Well, go right ahead. Just don't leave the city through the other exit. ROUTE 4 _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Rattata | 40% | Easy | |Spearow | 40% | Easy | |Ekans | 15%/0% | Easy-Medium | |Sandshrew | 0%/15% | Easy-Medium | |Mankey | 5% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- The only thing here you want is your version exclusive. Everything else you should have. Unless you are underleveled, move on. From here, you have two choices. You can either defeat the Gym Leader or explore what's later on. I personally explored a bit to train some more before fighting. So, what's keeping ya? Let's go on! If you have not caught a Pikachu and own a Squirtle or especially Charmander, take the bridge first and come back to this section later. Since I chose good old Bulbasaur, I'm doing the gym first. Beware, both routes you choose have challenges. Skip through the walkthrough to find the part you're at. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CERULEAN GYM - MISTY <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< You don't think we went all the way through Mount Moon for nothing do you? As you come in the gym, you can probably guess this gym leader's theme. That's right, water, which is why Charmander and Squirtle dwellers should wait until they caught an Oddish/Bellsprout before even trying this as Misty is hard. OK, no puzzles in this gym either, which is great. Go straight up and battle the swimmer(or even skip him if you'd like, but what about all that wasted experience?)'s level 16 Horsea and Shellder. Have fun pwning these guys with your Electric/Grass type Pokemon, but if you're having trouble here then Misty is going to devostate you. The Shellder has Icicle Spear that is super effective against Grass types but that shouldn't be able to take down strong ones. Now, onto the next trainer! Or, if you choose to skip her, on to Misty! But let's battle just for some exp ;) Picknicker will hold a simple Level 19 Goldeen so Vine Whip/Absorb/Thundershock once and it's gone. OK, now for the big stuff. My party: --------------------- | Pokemon | Level | |-------------|-------| | Ivysaur | 18 | | Pidgeotto | 18 | | Beedrill | 15 | --------------------- As you can see, I dumped most of my not-so-great Pokemon or those who level up to slow. Blah. BOSS: MISTY --------------------- | Pokemon | Level | |-------------|-------| | Staryu | 18 | | Starmie | 21 | --------------------- Misty holds two Pokemon you probably have never seen before. Staryu, the pre-evolution of Starmie, is fast and has powerful Water attacks. Starmie is stronger and has better defenses. Both carry a strong attack, Water Pulse, that has a high chance of confusing you. Switch often and hope you live. Just go all out with Electric and Grass attacks which both Staryu and Starmie are weak against and don't bother using Geodude and Sandshrew, both weak very weak to water. She's difficult with low level Pokemon so be at least level 15 when battling her! After the battle, Misty will give you a Cascade Badge allowing you to use Cut and also TM03. That annoying Water Pulse confusing thang is now yours to use! ...I mean, use only once. Oh well. Note: For those that returned in the rod, there's no Pokemon in this gym like the previous versions:) Now that you have beaten Misty, it's ti